Month: July 2015

“Soldier Like Ma Papa” an 18 track debut album by Stanley Enowis officially released to the public. The album, just as diverse in itself as Stanley Enow’s own talent and capabilities gives listeners a doorway into the young rapper’s existence. A rags to riches, despair to success series that underlines a strong message of hardwork, dedication, handling triumph, overcoming challenges and celebrating success.

The album pre and post release has been garnering some huge interest online and in just over one week the hashtag #SoldierLikeMaPapa and #SLMP have each accumulated over one million impressions, reaching over one hundred and sixty online users with just over five hundred posts giving us an interesting view into the data created.

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With the much awaited debut album only a few hours away before its official public release, Stanley Enowproves he is ready to enter into a new phase of his music career and to put to bed all that has been previously said about him since his outburst into the Cameroon limelight in 2013.

“Soldier Like Ma Papa” as the album is titled is foremost an autobiographical piece, a special personal piece which salutes his father Papa Enow’s career in the Cameroon police force and the opening track of the album “Commandant Zao” is a befitting intro.

“Soldier Like Ma Papa” also reinforces the message of hardwork, dedication, triumph, challenges and success – emotions/phases of life which practically every human being goes through / will go through at some stage. It is an album just as diverse in itself as Stanley Enow’s own talent and capabilities. With ragga/reggae inspiration to RnB to rap, there is something in this album to suit many a musical taste…

In light of the eminent release a few hours away, we dedicate our post to five message points that we picked up from the album.

1. THE AFRICAN FAMILY LIFE:

Right from the onset, Stanley Enow’s decision to kick off the album with “Hit The Road” featuring Bill Muicha reveals from the beginning the biggest responsibility shouldered by the children in the typical African home. We are all raised with the idea that our siblings, parents and even our extended family are our primary responsibility and once we are in a position to start providing, our duty of care to them also begins.

In “Hit The Road”, we see a young man who is prepared to accept his responsibility even though he himself is not in a comfortable position. He wants to elevate his family status, offer a plot for his mother, good school for a brother, hospital care for his grandmother – he is prepared to give the good things to his family to ensure their lives are better – he is prepared to go the extra mile because his status as a firstborn demands it.

2. CELEBRATING SUCCESS:

In the “King Kong” track and from the video which was shot in South Africa, Stanley Enow does not hide the fact that he is happy to celebrate his own success…where he is at in life and what he has achieved so far in his very short music career which includes multiple awards and big brand endorsements. “I’m not lucky but I’m blessed…Stanley Enow trong pikin for trong town…when these boys dem see me oh boy dem bow down.”

In “Have A Dream” featuring Bill Muicha we are also thrown into the world of an individual who goes from nothing to something, from despair to success and is also comfortable celebrating this change of fortune.

3. THE NECESSITY TO WORK HARD:

“Le pere noel n’existe pas reste la tu dors ne travaille pas…work hard mehn ne tente pas…sinon you go remain for back…” “You can make it if you try – be something.” The message is all clear, hardwork according to Stanley Enow is a major key to one’s success and there certainly is no Father Christmas who brings free gifts. If only we should try, we can try to be successful.

4. THE DEPARTED LOVE:

“We lived together, but I can’t hold you now, just wanna hug you now”…a love song directed at a departed love, a love we yearn for but cannot reach out to or touch because they are either too far away or they have been snatched away by the hands of death…a part of life that resonates with every human being at some point.

5. BEING PROUD OF YOUR ROOTS:

Of everything that can be said about Stanley Enow, one thing is certainly undisputed and that is Stanley Enow “Etangnti Moh Manyang” is very proud of his humble Mamfe and Bafoussam roots which he celebrates in his songs. The Bayangi boy from Manyu division in the South West Region makes no attempt to cover up his family life either “ma papa be na soldier, mami be na presbyterian church elder…“

Soldier Like Ma Papa available 25th July 2015 to buy from www.kaymu.cm

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It was not the news we were all hoping for, infact we hoped that Cameroon would return with something in the bag but unfortunately it was not to be. Nonetheless, it was certainly a great achievement again for Stanley Enow to be on the list of nominees of such a prestigious annual music event…

Here below was a few words from Stanley Enow to his fans released on his official Facebook page…

Good morning my dear fans.

I am grateful and extremely thankful for your many votes. This year was not ours however, we will work twice as hard to bring back an award the next time.

I came, I saw and I return with double experience! Congratulations to all the winners and here is to next year, God willing! Be blessed!

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Today, as Google results reveal, there is alot of talk about personal branding, and virtually every career-minded professional understands its importance. Personal branding helps you find a new job, get promoted, open clients’ doors, increase business success, and enhance your happiness at work every day. And it helps you do your job better – regardless of your role.

Personal branding expert William Arruda shares with us what you need to know so you can use the power of personal branding to fully energise and maximise your career. Personal branding is as easy as 1-2-3!

Step 1: Know Yourself

To build a strong brand, you too must focus on authenticity – who you really are. Branding is not spin, and it’s not packaging (though packaging is a component). Strong brands are uncovered – not created.

Step 2: Show Yourself

With a clearly defined and documented personal brand statement, you can begin to get the message out. In “Show,” you also design the packaging that embodies your brand. You do this by defining your personal brand identity system. This design system includes the font(s), colours, images and a tagline you will use consistently as the wrapper to all your communications. This wrapper helps reinforce your brand attributes and create recognition.

Step 3: Grow Yourself

Effective personal branding requires consistent repetition. In this step of the process you integrate your brand into everything you do by building and executing your personal media plan to increase the breadth of your brand and reinforce your message. You also increase credibility by integrating your brand into all your activities. Identify the tools in the real- and virtual-world that will be used to keep you visible and available to your target audience.

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The prestigious and much coveted MTV Africa Music Awards 2015 (MAMAs) is only a few hours away and the city of Durban, South Africa is already at boiling point as one by one and in groups; the stars from across the continent and beyond flock in to celebrate their musical success and prowess.

Our roaring hiphop lion Stanley Enow nominated in the category of Best Collaboration with Ghana’s Sarkodie is also already in town, arriving yesterday with his manager Didier Kouamo and the CEO of Motherland Empire Martin Enow in tow. The trio have been hobnobbing with friends and aquaintances as well as attending the press conference for the nominees.

Some images of the past hours below…

We go let out some steam as we await another history changing moment tomorrow…fingers crossed for Cameroon at the MAMAs2015!! #MamaIsComingHome